Becoming a Reflective Teacher, Feb/2012

Silver Award Winner 2013 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award

Just as successful athletes must identify personal strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Coaching colleagues can help one another build their teaching practices by working together. Learn how to combine a model of effective instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations to improve your instructional practices. Included are 280 ready-to-use strategies related to the 41 elements of effective teaching shown to enhance student achievement, as well as a list of ways to incorporate technology into the element.

Benefits

1. Find the reflection strategies that work best for you in the comprehensive at-a-glance compendium, complete with its own table of contents.
2. Use end-of-chapter comprehension questions to assess and reinforce your understanding of each chapter's topic.
3. Conduct a self-audit to determine your level of competence for each of the 41 elements of effective teaching.
4. Learn how to use video data, student survey data, and student achievement data to improve your practice.
5. Continue to develop your instructional practices with an appendix of teacher scales for each reflective practice.
6. Relate to and draw from classroom vignettes that depict and explore the presented reflective strategies.

About the Authors:

Robert J. Marzano, PhD, is the cofounder and CEO of Marzano Research Laboratory in Denver, Colorado. Throughout his forty years in the field of education, he has become a speaker, trainer, and author of more than thirty books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention His books include Designing & Teaching Learning Goals & Objectives, District Leadership That Works, Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading, On Excellence in Teaching, The Art and Science of Teaching, The Highly Engaged Classroom, Effective Supervision, and Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills. His practical translations of the most current research and theory into classroom strategies are internationally known and widely practiced by both teachers and administrators. He received a bachelor s degree from Iona College in New York, a master s degree from Seattle University, and a doctorate from the University of Washington.

Tina Boogren, MA, is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, instructional coach, digital educator, professional developer, and building-level leader. She is a fellow with the Denver Writing Project and has published numerous articles through the National Writing Project and International Reading Association. Tina has presented at the school, district, state, and national levels and has been a featured speaker at the International Reading Association National Conference and Barnes and Noble Educators Nights. Tina was a finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year, and she received the Outstanding Teacher Award seven years in a row. In addition to numerous articles, Tina is author of In the First Few Years: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher, published by the International Reading Association. She holds a bachelor s degree from the University of Iowa and a master s degree with an administrative endorsement from the University of Colorado Denver. She is pursuing a doctorate from the University of Denver in educational administration and policy studies.

Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is vice president of Marzano Research Laboratory in Denver, Colorado. She is a consultant with experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout North America. Dr. Heflebower has served as a classroom teacher, building-level leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment courses at several universities.

Jessica Kanold-McIntyre, MA, currently serves as a junior high principal in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. She is a proven leader in fostering learning environments where technology is used to enhance current teaching practices. She has experience and expertise in mathematics instruction, technology use tied to sound teaching practices, and district, school, and teacher implementation of technology. Specifically, she is able to train on Promethean and SMART software and the use of learner response systems. Her training style is practical and relevant to the needs of teachers. Jessica holds a bachelor of arts in elementary education from Wheaton College and a master of arts in educational administration from Northern Illinois University.

Debra Pickering, PhD, consults with schools and districts nationally and internationally as a senior scholar for Marzano Research Laboratory. Throughout her educational career, Dr. Pickering has gained practical experience as a classroom teacher, building leader, and district administrator. For many years, she has used this experience to provide training and support to K 12 teachers and administrators as they seek to continually improve student learning.